Folks, the 21st Annual PILA Gala is a little over 24 hours away. You only have 10 MORE HOURS to get special discount pricing on tickets, because they go up starting at 10 PM tonight.

As for attire: this is a Gala, so you should feel free to dress formally. In fact, the Gala is pretty fancy, so dress to impress! Our advice is semi-formal attire (dresses, suits, and shiny shoes) because that’s what people have worn in the past.

Bow-ties are optional, yet totally awesome. Tickets are NOT optional, and are also totally awesome :-)

If you’re planning on partying with us this Friday and supporting a good cause, please head over to the Gala Info page for directions and information about the Gala’s event space, the lovely Riverside Church!

If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, please consider doing so as soon as possible! Remember, prices go up at the door on the day of the event, so buy now!

Folks, the 21st Annual PILA Gala is literally only days away: this Friday, April 11th! Click here for more info on the Gala. If you haven’t done so yet, go here to buy your tickets! And if you are interested in donating an auction item, buying ad space, or just generally donating to PILA and helping fund our awesome students while they perform important yet unpaid legal internships this summer, click here for our donations form!

ALSO: we added some great new auction items to our increasingly exciting list! Keep checking back often to see what our outstanding volunteers and donors are securing to make this year’s Gala the BEST EVER!

Thank you to everybody who came out to the screening of Dirty Wars on Wednesday evening. It was a fantastic event and we really brought some attention to the issues surrounding covert wars, drone strikes, and the “war on terror.” Plus, we sold more tickets to the 21st Annual PILA Gala and raised more donations for summer funding!

So again, thank you to everyone who came out and supported Dirty Wars and PILA! Hope to see you all at the Gala on April 11th!

The Central Park Five, and their legal teams, have been working since their arrests, convictions, and subsequent exonerations over a decade ago to expose the government misconduct of coercive police interrogations, the injustices of prosecuting youth as adults, and the challenges facing those who have been arrested and prosecuted who return to our communities. The stories of the five men who were falsely accused in 1989 were recently featured in the award-winning documentary, The Central Park Five, by Ken Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns.

Raquel Batista, CUNY Law Class of 2003, is the former Executive Director of the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights. Born and raised in the Bronx by immigrant parents, Ms. Batista is a long-time community organizer and public interest attorney who brought her deep social justice principles to her campaign to represent the Bronx in the recent City Council race. Her role in championing the contributions of working mothers led Ms. Batista to be named one of the “Top Pro-Choice Heroes” of 2013 by the publication RH Reality Check.